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Ecofeminism is a good term for distinguishing a feminism that is ecological from the kind of feminisms that have become extremely technocratic. I would even call them very patriarchal.

Vandana Shiva

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Vandana Shiva
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
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